.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
.........^ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ^.........
........^~ \ @@@@@@@@@ \ ~^........
.......^~\ \ @ ROADS @ \ \~^.......
......^~\† \ @@@@@@@@@ \ †\~^......
.....^~\†§ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ §†\~^.....
....^~\†§@ @§†\~^....
...^~\†§@# ROADS ARE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF #@§†\~^...
..^~\†§@## THE LINES ON MAPS THAT TELL YOU WHERE ##@§†\~^..
.^~\†§@### YOU CAN TRAVEL. ###@§†\~^.
..^~\†§@## ##@§†\~^..
...^~\†§@# THOSE CALLED ROADS ARE FOR CARS. FOR #@§†\~^...
....^~\†§@ BIKES THEY ARE CALLED PATHS, FOR TRAINS @§†\~^....
.....^~\†§ THEY ARE CALLED RAILS. §†\~^.....
......^~\† †\~^......
.......^~\ WHEN TRAVELING BY FOOT, YOU CAN FOLLOW \~^.......
........^~ ALL OF THESE, OR NONE. ~^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... .^~#~^. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... MOST ROADS ARE ELEVATED, SUSPENDED ..........
.......... BETWEEN THREE TO A HUNDRED (RARE) ..........
.......... METERS ABOVE GROUND. THE CLOSER YOU GET ..........
.........^ TO A CITY, THE MORE INTERTWINED THEY ^.........
........^~ GET. ~^........
.......^~\ \~^.......
......^~\† IN SUCH AREAS, ALL CROSSINGS AND †\~^......
.....^~\†§ INTERSECTIONS ARE PLACED IN TUNNELS, OR §†\~^.....
....^~\†§@ SPECIAL TOWER-LIKE STRUCTURES CALLED @§†\~^....
...^~\†§@# OUTPOSTS, WHICH ENFOLD THE ROADS WHERE #@§†\~^...
..^~\†§@## THEY INTERACT. ##@§†\~^..
.^~\†§@### ###@§†\~^.
..^~\†§@## .^~#~^. ##@§†\~^..
...^~\†§@# #@§†\~^...
....^~\†§@ HERE AND THERE YOU WILL FIND SYMBOLS IN @§†\~^....
.....^~\†§ WHITE, ON THE ASPHALT. THESE ARE MEANT §†\~^.....
......^~\† TO TELL THE DRIVERS ABOUT WHAT †\~^......
.......^~\ MANOUVERS THEY ALLOWED TO PERFORM ON \~^.......
........^~ THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROAD. ~^........
.........^ ^.........
.......... HOWEVER, SOME CREATURES PAINT THEIR OWN ..........
.......... ILLICIT SYMBOLS ENCODING TERRITORIAL ..........
.......... CLAIMS, NEARBY RESOURCES, OR OTHER ..........
.......... UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS. ..........
.......... ..........
.........^ ^.........
........^~ ~^........
.......^~\ \~^.......
......^~\† †\~^......